Real Benefits of HTML5 for Games (MS Campfire, 2012)
1. Real benefits of HTML5 games
Juha Paananen
CEO & Co-Founder, Non-Stop Games
* Formerly known as GamesMadeMe
2. About
Me
• Always
loved
computer
games:
some
of
my
favorites
• Worked
previously
at
Nokia
• Co-‐founded
Non-‐Stop
Games
last
year
• Try
to
kitesurf
and
travel
on
my
freeAme
3. • HTML5
focused
games
company
• Founded
as
GamesMadeMe:
www.gamesmademe.com
Company is Born
Dollar Isle BETA Dollar Isle LIVE
March August March Mid 2012
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Singapore Office Game2 Launches
Opens
Seed-Funding
4. About
this
talk
HTML5
basics
State
of
HTML5
games
Benefits
of
HTML5
for
games
What
we
learned
with
Dollar
Isle
Glimpse
in
the
future
24. Browser
to
browser
on
desktop
is
fairly
simple
– Just
forget
the
ancient
ones
(IE6,7,8;
FF3,…)
• Mobile
needs
more
love
– Performance.
Bugs
(especially
Android).
UI
• Game
design
for
mobile
&
desktop
is
much
harder
than
the
programming
44. 1. HTML5
Canvas
2. HTML5
Canvas
3. HTML5
Canvas
4. CSS
transformaAons
5. Other
CSS
stuff
like
rounded
corners
45. Good
JS
programmer
≠
Good
HTML5
programmer
Important to understand ’browser framework’, DOM etc.
46. • Choose
your
game
concept
carefully
• Hard
to
make
mobile
and
desktop
gameplay
equally
good
• Mobile
will
take
most
of
your
Ame
47. Remember
Front-‐end
it’s
not
all
it
is.
Back-‐end
work
most
can
be
48. HTML5
basics
State
of
HTML5
games
Benefits
of
HTML5
for
games
What
we
learned
with
Dollar
Isle
Glimpse
in
the
future
49. My
predicAons
• Mobile
browsers
will
get
much
bemer
during
next
12
months
– Sound,
HW
acceleraAon,
etc
• More
app-‐like
behaviour
for
HTML5
– Home
screen
access..
Looking
forward
to
Metro
apps
• More
distribuAon!
– Facebook,
GREE,
Zynga,
Pokki…
• Living
room
(TV)
starts
to
get
more
important
as
a
plaYorm
50. Thank
you
!
www.gamesmademe.com/jobs
@juhapaananen
Questions?